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May 11, 2013

THE WORLD's BIGGEST TRUCKMAKERS * Sweden & China

* Belgium - EU clears Volvo, Dongfeng trucks tie-up

Brussels,Belgium -AFP/The Economic Times (India) -May 8, 2013: -- The European Commission approved Wednesday a tie-up between Sweden's Volvo Trucks and China's Dongfeng Motor which will create the world's biggest lorry maker ahead of Germany's Daimler... Under the deal, worth $900 million (690 million euros), Volvo Trucks will acquire a 45 percent stake in the Chinese's company's Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles (DFCV) unit, giving it effective joint control with Dongfeng Motor...


* UK - Two first Volvo FH’s delivered to the same business 20-years apart

(Photo: Alex Anderson has taken delivery of the first New Volvo FH to be ordered in the UK and Ireland)
Borrowstounness,Scotland,UK -Transport and Logistics -7 May 2013: -- History, apparently never repeats itself, but historical situations do re-occur. That phrase definitely fits the arrival of the UK’s first new Volvo FH, which was delivered to Boness-based sawdust and woodchip contractors, Alex Anderson in April... Almost 20 years ago this West Lothian based business also took delivery of the UK’s first ‘classic’ FH model at the 1993 Scottish IRTE truck show... Alex Anderson’s latest premier prime mover is the first of a batch of 16 similar tractor units ordered for delivery this year. Sourced through a mixture of outright purchase and leasing, the 6x2 tractor units feature Volvo’s D13C Euro-5 engines, producing 500hp and these are coupled to I-Shift automated gearboxes. Globetrotter XL cabs, leather seats, Xenon headlamps and Dura-Bright alloy wheels are all part of the new FH’s comprehensive specification...

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